Aboriginal peoples in the Sydney Basin would have experienced extreme climate change effects around 18,000 years ago as the ice sheets melted and inundated the continental shelf — perhaps forcing a…
David Borger, Lord Mayor 1999-2000, 2005-2007, has represented the people of Parramatta since 1995.
He was elected to the position of Lord Mayor of Parramatta, Sydney’s second largest Central…
Portrait of Sydney Evan Jones as a medical student, c.1910. Source: Friends of Mays Hill Cemetery Photograph Collection
The ground-breaking career of Dr Sydney Evan Jones (1887-1948), one of…
BROWN, Dr Walter MRCS, MD (Edin) (1821-1897) (fl 1857-1897)
Dr Walter Brown of Bristol, visited his brothers Alfred and Arthur who had fled England to Australia to escape catching consumption…
Dr. Johnson’s house next to Leigh Memorial Church, from Parramatta’s 145th Anniversary publication, 1933
Dr Charles Johnson, born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, began…
A later occupant of Harriet Holland’s house ‘Cranbrook’ was Dr. Sydney James Woolnough who purchased Cranbrook around 1926. Born in 1889, he was the son of well known Wesleyan clergyman, Rev.…
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Sydney, 11th September, 1857
DRAGOON HORSES FOR INDIA
The following official communication from the Government of India, notify that an officer is about to be…
In 1793 it was a six hour trip to cover the 28 km (17 miles) from Sydney Cove to Parramatta by land. The unsealed track travelled alongside the current alignment of Parramatta Road until…
Eastwood Falls on Terrys Creek near Albeura Rd Epping 1915
The indigenous history of Eastwood includes the period when the Wallumedegal people lived in the territory bounded by the Lane Cove and…
Eastwood 1924
Eastwood became part of the local government area of City of Parramatta. The Wallumedegal Aboriginal people lived on the land bounded by the Lane Cove and Parramatta rivers. The…